Uncut Sheet with 1951 Bowman Mickey Mantle RC in Collect Auctions

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A one-of-a-kind, once-in-a-lifetime Mickey Mantle Rookie card is in the national spotlight once again, this time in the hobby’s rarest format, a blazing 36-card uncut sheet that graces the marquee of the current Collect Auction’s sale that is online now. The 800-lot auction is found at collectauctions.net and closes on Nov. 6.

https://collectauctions.net/1951_Bow...-LOT61560.aspx

In yet another spectacular offering loaded with PSA-graded unopened packs from all sports and all eras, pristine unopened wax, cellos and vending boxes (many boasting the imprimatur of the fabled Larry Fritsch Card Company vault), autographed cards and sets, partial sets and PSA-slabbed panels from the famed Post Cereal baseball and football issues, a remarkable run of Exhibit cards dating back to 1921, Charles Fazzino hand-painted baseballs from Richard Nixon, Bruce Springsteen, George Steinbrenner & Jason Alexander, Tom Brady, Joe Montana and Brett Favre, and even a stunning dual-signed baseball featuring high-grade signatures of Babe Ruth and Mel Ott.

That’s an important sampling but it hardly exhausts the curriculum: the nicest 1964 Topps Baseball set we’ve ever handled, with almost 400 cards neatly ensconced in PSA 8 holders; autographs of everybody from Thurman Munson, Roberto Clemente, Mickey Mantle, Ted Williams, Joe DiMaggio, Willie Mays and Hank Aaron to even older guys like Humphrey Bogart, Charles Lindbergh, James Madison and James Monroe; there are pristine Hartland statues, including Ernie Banks with box and tag, plus an amazing run of PSA-graded beauties from famed 1952 Topps Baseball High Number Series, and, as they say, a whole lot more.

Still, with all that, we circle back to center stage and that awesome uncut sheet boasting the Mantle Rookie. Sheets are rare enough, especially from the classic early Bowman Baseball issues, and this one constitutes half of the difficult 72-card High-Number Series via cards numbered 253-288. The 18 ½ -by-12 ½-inch sheet is nothing short of sensational, with a lineup of three Hall of Famers (counting The Mick) and a host of important stars of the era. Joining Mantle’s fabled Rookie card are Hall of Famers Bucky Harris and Frankie Frisch, along with the likes of Danny Murtaugh, George Metkovich, Gene Bearden, Jackie Jensen, Birdie Tebbetts, Luke Easter, Chuck Dressen, Carl Erskine, Wally Moses, Gus Zernial, Howe Pollet and Don Mueller. Good company for the most treasured and important Rookie card of the postwar era.

View the whole auction at: https://collectauctions.net/catalog.aspx

[Leon]

That is a phenomenal sheet, Steve. Good luck with the auction and thanks again for letting Net54baseball help spread the word.
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[Zach Wheat]

Simply amazing to see. Hope the auction goes well for all

[GasHouseGang]

Beautiful sheet. Probably the only thing that saved it from being cut up is the Mantle isn't perfect enough to try to cut out of the sheet and hope for an ultra high grade.

[petecld]

Originally Posted by GasHouseGang

Beautiful sheet. Probably the only thing that saved it from being cut up is the Mantle isn't perfect enough to try to cut out of the sheet and hope for an ultra high grade.

I think you are absolutely right and I think that is just sad. What a shame if that was cut up.

[Beercan collector]

I don’t think anyone would cut it up unless they think some of the commons will grade high - The reverse on the mantle has some surface wear that’s close to being paper loss. Currently at $54,000

[BillyCoxDodgers3B]

Originally Posted by GasHouseGang

Beautiful sheet. Probably the only thing that saved it from being cut up is the Mantle isn't perfect enough to try to cut out of the sheet and hope for an ultra high grade.

Crumpled up Wagner strip redux (albeit so much nicer).